Ducey calls on feds to act on water contamination near Arizona Air Force bases that threatens drinking water Joshua Bowling, Arizona Republic
Gov. Doug Ducey is calling on the federal government to act on the water tainted by forever chemicals around Arizona s military bases.
Ducey in a Tuesday letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin called on the feds to investigate and mitigate water contamination near Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, the former Williams Air Force Base in Mesa, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in the Tucson area and Morris Air National Guard Base in the Tucson area.
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Gov. Ducey calls for U.S. action on water contamination near bases
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Gov. Doug Ducey is calling on the federal government to identify and treat groundwater contamination near four current and former military air bases in metro Phoenix and Tucson.
Ducey wrote Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about contaminations found in water near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, the former Williams Air Force Base in Williams and the Arizona Air National Guard base at Tucson International Airport, Ducey’s office said Wednesday.
The letter dated Tuesday cited contamination by chemicals used in firefighting materials.
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Gov. Doug Ducey is calling on the federal government to act on the water tainted by forever chemicals around Arizona s military bases.
Ducey in a Tuesday letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin called on the feds to investigate and mitigate water contamination near Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, the former Williams Air Force Base in Mesa, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in the Tucson area and Morris Air National Guard Base in the Tucson area.
The groundwater around Arizona s U.S. Air Force bases has been contaminated by the chemicals found in a type of firefighting foam used on base. The chemicals, perfluorooctane sulfonate, or PFOS, and perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, were found in West Valley drinking water near Luke Air Force Base.
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